One can say, if we were to look to Lacan, that the Pale itself is a kind of "Negative Dielectic on Lacanian Psychoanalysis" because what is The Pale other than a rapid dissolution and disembodying of The Big Other, such that the lack of ontological authority means reality has no further coherence... and so on, and so on. Kim, could I, as a man, transcend traditional gender rolls, such that I only drink fruity cocktails for the whole bender tonight, and still be more "masculine" than before said bender? Because when I order a "masculine" drink to drown my sorrows, I ask, before doing the tequila shot without a chaser, am I truly man enough to do this. But the fruity cocktail, in a negative dialectical sense, is a greater affirmation of masculinity because I am certain that I am more masculine than what my drink is signaling. Maybe I should be Pina Colada Pig, instead of Tequila Trashcan?